Keith McDonald

William Keith McDonald

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 8, 1973 in Yokosuka, Japan
School: Pepperdine University (Malibu, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 24th round of the 1994 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1994. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 2000
Team: Cardinals 2000-2001

Final Game: September 28, 2001
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1994	21	STL-min	Rk	59	236	199	32	49	12	0	6	31	3	1	27	36	.246	.346	.397	.743		79	9	5	2	3	3		JOH · APPY
1995	22	STL-min	A	65	211	179	22	48	6	0	1	20	0	1	22	38	.268	.367	.318	.686		57	2	6	4	0	0		PEO · MIDW
1996	23	STL-min	A+	114	455	410	30	111	25	0	2	52	1	3	34	65	.271	.330	.346	.677		142	18	5	1	5	1		SPT · FLOR
1997	24	STL-min	AA	79	268	233	32	56	16	0	5	30	0	1	31	56	.240	.337	.373	.710		87	6	3	1	0	0		ARK · TL
1998	25	STL-min	AAA	58	184	170	21	54	8	0	7	22	1	1	10	30	.318	.363	.488	.851		83	2	2	2	0	2		MEM · PCL
1999	26	STL-min	AA,AAA	88	319	276	41	84	17	0	7	41	2	0	35	60	.304	.384	.442	.826		122	2	3	1	4	0		ARK,MEM · TL,PCL
2000	27	STL-min	AAA	83	308	266	34	70	15	0	5	30	0	2	28	59	.263	.333	.376	.709		100	8	3	5	6	1		MEM · PCL
2000	27	STL	NL	6	9	7	3	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	1.714	2.270	440	12	0	0	0	0	0	/2
2001	28	STL-min	AAA	94	362	333	42	87	22	1	11	42	1	0	24	60	.261	.312	.432	.745		144	13	2	0	3	1		MEM · PCL
2001	28	STL	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
2002	29	STL-min	AAA	81	299	267	33	72	20	0	12	36	1	2	15	55	.270	.322	.479	.801		128	8	7	7	3	0		MEM · PCL
2003	30	CHC-min	AAA	94	323	280	31	67	15	0	14	45	0	0	30	44	.239	.330	.443	.773		124	7	9	2	2	1		IWA · PCL
2004	31	PIT-min	AAA	92	317	274	29	70	16	0	6	30	1	2	34	58	.255	.342	.380	.721		104	11	4	1	4	3		NVL · PCL
2005	32	TEX-min	AAA	66	264	233	28	56	15	1	2	33	0	0	25	54	.240	.311	.339	.650		79	7	1	0	5	0		OKC · PCL
2006	33	NYY-min	AAA	11	39	35	2	9	4	0	0	6	0	0	2	14	.257	.308	.371	.679		13	1	1	0	1	0		CLB · IL
2 Yrs				8	11	9	3	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	329	12	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	223	182	61	61	0	0	61	101	0	0	41	41	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	329	243	20	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rfield	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
2000	27	STL	NL	6	9	4	0	-1	3	0.3	3	0.3	.544	.502	0.4	-0.1	4	$	/2
2001	28	STL	NL	2	2	-1	-0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
2 Seasons				8	11	3	0	-1	2	0.2	2	0.2	.522	.501	0.3	-0.1	3	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
2000	27	STL	NL	9	4	7	46.8	117	.000	.429	.274	.556	.352	1.714	.448	2.270	.800	440	.982	3.6	0.3	3.500	1.571	1.286	.0
2001	28	STL	NL	2	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.440	.000	.780	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				11	7	7	26.7	116	.000	.333	.273	.455	.350	1.333	.447	1.788	.796	329	.951	3.0	0.3	2.000	1.222	1.000	.0
162 Game Avg.				223	142	142	26.7	116	.000	.333	.273	.455	.350	1.333	.447	1.788	.796	329	.951	61	6	2.000	1.222	1.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
2000	27	STL	NL	9	33.3%	11.1%	22.2%	33.3%	100%	0.50	7.0	2.3	1.4	2.00	2.00	33%	0%	300.0%	0%
2001	28	STL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0					50%	0%
2 Yrs				11	27.3%	18.2%	18.2%	27.3%	100%	1.00	4.5	3.0	1.8	3.00	4.00	36%	0%	300.0%	0%
MLB Averages					3.0%	16.9%	9.0%	8.2%	35%	1.87	5.2	29.9	7.3	0.74	1.06	69%	25%	8.7%	14%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
2000	27	STL	NL	3.6	0.3	9	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.95	0.1	0.0	3.4	0.3	0.88	4.8	0.27	4
2001	28	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.10	-0.0	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.36	-1.2	0.00	1
2 Yrs				3.0	0.3	11	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.80	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.1	0.97	3.6	0.22	5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
2000	27	STL	NL	0%	2
2001	28	STL	NL		0
2 Yrs				0%	2

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
2000	27	STL	NL	9	22%	3	0	0	4	2	2	2	0.27	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2001	28	STL	NL	2	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				11	18%	3	0	0	5	2	2	2	0.22	3	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	1	33%	10	2	20%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
2000	27	STL	NL	9	42	4.67	20	48%	30%	15%	25%	30%	70%	0%	33%	79%	11%	11%	1	0	33%	3	1	22%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
2001	28	STL	NL	2	6	3.00	4	67%	0%	75%	0%	25%	100%	0%	67%	25%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				11	48	4.36	24	50%	25%	25%	21%	29%	75%	0%	38%	67%	9%	9%	1	0	27%	3	1	18%	2	2	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.73		62%	27%	15%	27%	32%	73%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			15%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	27	6	9	7	3	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	1	.429	.556	1.714	2.270	440	12	0	0	0	0	0
2001	28	8	11	9	3	3	0	0	3	5	0	0	2	2	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	329	12	1	0	0	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
2000	27	6	9	7	3	3	3	4	2	1	.429	.556	1.714	2.270	6	6
2001	28	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
2 Yrs		8	11	9	3	3	3	4	2	2	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	6	8
162 Game Avg.		162	223	182	61	61	61	81	41	41	.333	.455	1.333	1.788	122	8

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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